The New Dimensions Café

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The New Dimensions Café episodes

October 07, 2020 Topophilia-Love Of Place - Kate Marianchild - C0403 (1)
Kate Marianchild is a “Citizen Scientist” who shares the delight that comes from walking slowly or sitting quietly in nature. She is the author of Secrets of The Oak Woodlands: Plants & Animals Among California’s Oaks (Heyday 2014).

Interview Date: 2/23/2017 Tags: Kate Marianchild, topophilia, adaptive survival skills, movie Lion, Yosemite, Scott Sampson, John Lane, Ann Meyer Maglinte. Oak Woodlands, Ecology, Nature, Environment, Science, Animals
16 min
September 30, 2020 The Power Of Grassroots Activism - Sarah Van Gelder - C0401 (1)
Sarah van Gelder is cofounder and editor-at-large of the award-winning YES!Magazine. She writes and speaks internationally on environmental, social, and economic alternatives and on community-based change. She is the editor of:
Sustainable Happiness: Live Simply, Live Well, Make a Difference (Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2015), This Changes Everything: Occupy Wall Street and the 99 Percent Movement (Berrett-Koehler publishers 2011) and The Revolution Where You Live: Stories from a 12,000-Mile Journey Through a New America. (Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2017)

Interview Date: 3/11/2017 Tags: Sarah van Gelder, grassroots activism, Dr. Victor Garcia, worker owned businesses, Jubilee year, Tamera Village Spain, place based community, reclaiming local power, Community, Political change/Politics, History, Indigenous Wisdom
14 min
September 23, 2020 The Indignity of Rankism - Robert Fuller, Ph.D. - C0261 (1)
Robert Fuller, Ph.D. is a physicist and former president of Oberlin College. He has consulted with Indira Gandhi, met with Jimmy Carter regarding the President's Commission on World Hunger, and worked to defuse the Cold War in Russia when it was known as the USSR. As Fuller reflected on his career he realized that he had been, at different times in his life, a somebody and a nobody. His periodic sojourns into “Nobodyland” led him to identify rankism - the abuse of the power inherent in rank - and ultimately to write the book Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank. He has become a recognized leader of the dignity movement to overcome rankism and keynoted a Dignity for All conference hosted by the President of Bangladesh. His many other accomplishments include co-authoring the text book Mathematics of Classical and Quantum Physics. His books include: Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank (New Society Publishers 2003), Dignity for All: How to Create a World without Rankism (co-author Pamela A. Gerloff) (Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2008), Religion and Science: A Beautiful Friendship? (e-book, Smashwords 2012), (novel) The Rowan Tree (CreateSpace 2013), (children’s book) Theo: The White Squirrel (co-author Claire Sheridan) (Amazon Digital Services 2016), Questions and Quests: A Short Book Aphorisms (Amazon Digital Services 2017), The Theory of Everybody (Robert Fuller 2017)

Interview Date: 2/5/2013 Tags: Robert Fuller, rankism, Marshall Plan, indignity, dignity, racism, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, predation, somebodies and nobodies, Social Change/Politics
18 min
September 09, 2020 The Inflated Personality of a Narcissist - W. Keith Campbell, Ph.D. - C0504
W. Keith Campbell, Ph.D. is professor of psychology at the University of Georgia, and is a nationally recognized expert on narcissism, society, and generational change. Both his work and lectures expose the rise of narcissism and individualism more generally, and its influence on every level of society. His books include When You Love A Man Who Loves Himself, How To Deal With A One Way Relationship (Sourcebook 2005) and The New Science Of Narcissism : Understanding One Of The Greatest Psychological Challenges Of Our Time-- and What You Can Do About It. (Sounds True 2020)

Interview Date: 8/4/2020 Tags: W. Keith Campbell, narcissist, narcissism, personality trait, entitlement, empathy, can psychologists criticize politicians, cyber bullying, dark tetrad, narcissism, psychopathy, sadism, Machiavellianism, selfies, social media, Ice Bucket Selfies, covid-19 pandemic, chaos and change, narcissistic leaders, centralized media, zoom meetings, Facebook, social networks, Psychology, Health & Healing, Social Change/Politics
0 min
September 02, 2020 Pausing, Calming and Repairing Our Love Connection - Susan Campbell, Ph.D. - C0330
Susan Campbell, Ph.D. trains and coaches therapists and individuals throughout the US and Europe. She works with singles, couples, and work teams to help them communicate responsibly and with respect. She is the author of Getting Real: Ten Truth Skills You Need to Live an Authentic Life (H.J. Kramer 2001), Saying What’s Real: 7 Keys to Authentic Communication and Relationship Success (H.J. Kramer 2005) and Five-Minute Relationship Repair: Quickly Heal Upsets, Deepen Intimacy, and Use Differences to Strengthen Love (John Gray) (H. J. Kramer 2015)

Interview Date: 3/18/2015 Tags: Susan Campbell, recurring fights in relationship, triggers in relationship, calming process, pause period, repair relationship, repairing relationship, couples therapy, Relationship/Partnership/Sexuality, Self Help, Personal Transformation
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August 05, 2020 Extending Our Boundaries With Empathy - Rebecca Solnit - C0238
Rebecca Solnit is the author of fifteen books about art, landscape, public and collective life, ecology, politics, hope, meandering, reverie, and memory. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship, a National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Lannan Literary Award. She works with the group 350.org on climate issues and is a contributing editor to Harper’s and regular contributor to the political site Tomdispatch.com. Her books include An Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness (Trinity University Press 2014) and A Field Guide to Getting Lost (Penguin Books 2006)
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July 29, 2020 The Five Cycles Of Lasting Love - Linda Carroll - C0321
Linda Carroll, M.S. is a licensed therapist and has worked as a couples therapist for more than 30 years. Her work is deep and varied, based on Voice Dialogue, Holotropic Breath Work, and Angeles Arrien's The Fourfold Way as well as The Diamond Heart Work of A. H. Almaas. She is a certified IMAGO therapist, private coach to couples and families, and leader of workshops and retreats. She works with a limited number of couples in a new style of "concierge therapy" for which she travels to their home or office for 2 to 6 days a year for private, all-day sessions. Linda lives in Corvallis Oregon. She is the author of Remember Who You Are: Seven Stages in a Woman's Spiritual Path (Conari Press 2008), Her Mother's Daughter (Doubleday 2006) and Love Cycles: The Five Essential Stages of Lasting Love (New World Library 2014)
Interview Date: 12/1/2014 Tags: Linda Carroll, cycles of relationship, relationship, falling in love, long term relationship
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July 22, 2020 Nurturing Our Creativity - Michael Gelb, Ph.D. - C0310
Michael Gelb, Ph.D. is a business consultant, seminar leader, and authority on applying genius thinking to personal and organizational development. He's also a certified qigong teacher. His books include Innovate Like Edison: The Success System of America's Greatest Inventor (co-author Sarah Miller Caldicott) (Dutton 2007), Brain Power: Improve Your Mind as You Age (co-author Kelly Howell) (New World Library 2012), How To Think Like Leonardd da Vinci (Dell 2000) and Creativity on Demand: How to Ignite and Sustain the Fire of Genius (Sounds True 2014)
Interview Date: 7/26/2014. Tags: Michael Gelb, Ph.D., Creativity, Qi energy, chi energy, Thomas Edison, Arts & Creativity
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July 15, 2020 Knowing Yourself More Deeply Through Writing - Catherine Ann Jones - C0296
Catherine Ann Jones is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and a Fulbright Scholar to India, studying shamanism. She holds a graduate degree and teaches depth psychology and archetypal mythology. As a screenwriter, Jones has contributed to such television series as ‘Touched by an Angel’ and wrote the teleplay ‘The Christmas Wife’. She teaches writing workshops, and is the author of Heal Your Self With Writing (Divine Arts 2013), and The Way of Story: The Craft & Soul of Writing (Michael Weise Productions 2007)
Interview Date: 2/28/2014. Tags: Catherine Ann Jones, Heal Yourself with Writing workshops, narrative therapy, storytelling, Chauvet Caves, who would you take to a desert island, your personal thematic line, The Way of Story Workshops, Writing, Psychology
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July 08, 2020 A Far-Ranging Conversation-Religion, Marriage and Dreams - Thomas Moore, Ph.D. - C0289
Thomas Moore, Ph.D. was a monk for twelve years, and a university professor. He is a musician and a psychotherapist and lectures widely on holistic medicine, spirituality, psychotherapy, and the arts. He has a Ph.D. in religion from Syracuse University. His books include Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life (HarperPerennial 1994), The Soul of Sex: Cultivating Life as an Act of Love (Harper Perennial 1999), Dark Nights of the Soul (Gotham 2005) and A Religion of One’s Own: A Guide to Creating a Personal Spirituality in a Secular World (Gotham 2014)
Interview Date: 1/15/2014. Tags: Thomas Moore, Ph.D., Religion, Spirituality, Confession, Catholic, marriage, therapy, dreams, dreamwork, Spirituality, Religion, Dreams, Relationship/Partnership/Sexuality
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